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Press Release
NetworkSound Mamba Digital Snake Powers the Live@17 TPC Sawgrass - The Players Championship
San Jose, CA – May 5, 2008: NetworkSound is pleased to announce that the ProAudioReview PAR Excellence
Award winning Mamba Digital Snake product is the backbone of the live audio distribution at the world famous
Live@17 hole at The Players Championship event this week.
The Players Championship is the PGA Tour's signature event sponsored by PGA Tour and widely considered as the
Golf's 5th Major championship. The 17th hole at the stadium course is best known for the famous shortest par 3
hole surrounded by water. This famous hole has its own web site and audio feed for millions of worldwide golf fans
to listen and follow every shot & sound during the tournament. It is also considered that the spectators reaction to
each and every shot adds the drama to the live video action. The live audio from the 17th hole will be carried by the
Mamba Digital Snake system this year. The setup of Mamba includes Mamba 32x32 system @ 96k over GbE fiber
link using the off-the-shelf Linksys GbE switch with VLAN.
Greg Bellotte, the Senior Remote Audio Engineer for PGA Tour Productions has been using the Mamba Digital
snake system for other PGA tour events. He stated "I have been very pleased with the Mamba Digital Snake system
reliability and performance. The system surpassed every live test and I am extremely confident to use the system for
very important event such as The Players Championship." Kurt Ritshie as the Live@ mixer and pleased with the
performance of Mamba Digital snake system.
The Mamba line of Digital Snakes is available in 16x8, 16x16, 32x32, 48x48 and 64x64 channel configurations over
a single CAT-5/6 cable in a single chassis. The ProAudioReview PAR Excellence Award winning product continues
to be the #1 customer choice of “PLUG AND PLAY” Digital Snake products in the market.
Some of the improved features are:
- Up to 64x64 channels over a single CAT-5/6 and in a single chassis
- Ultra low latency (less than 200 microsec I2S-I2S)
- CAT-5/6 distance up to 140 meter or 450 feet
- Operate @ 48k or 96k sample rate (24 bits)
- All inputs and outputs are on DB25s
- RS232 pass thru for any control applications
- Built in cable redundancy
- Plug and play 2 way split (FoH and Mon Mix)
- Multiple split using standard 100 Mbps Ethernet switches
- Aux1 and Aux2 for intercom, Internet or analog audio over the same CAT-5/6
- Neutrik Ethercon for durable CAT-5/6 connector
- Fiber support through external Media Converter over Single or Multi-mode Fibers
- External micpre packages or connect your own micpre
- Sleek and compact chassis
With prices starting at $1,299 for the 16x8 system, Mamba Digital Snakes are easily the most affordable Digital
Snake solution on the market, and the first Digital Snakes that are in the same price range as a similar channel count
high quality analog snake. Mamba Digital Snakes are ideal for small to medium sized installations, and are well suited
in situations where setup and tear down are the norm. Mamba Digital Snakes are installed and used in church,
broadcast, live stage and touring company venues, as well as such high profile events as the ICER AIR ski jump
event at San Francisco’s AT&T Ballpark.
Barani Subbiah, Founder & CEO of NetworkSound stated " It is a real honor for NetworkSound and our staff that
Mamba Digital Snake system is used in world famous and high profile event such as The Players Championship. The
confidence of our customers using Mamba Digital Snake system in critical events is a testament for the quality and
reliability. It is another feather in the long list of achievements of Mamba Digital Snake products in a very short
period of time."
Mamba is available directly from NetworkSound at http://www.networksound.com/Digsnake.html
For more information visit www.networksound.com
